Ping error server compile time caps length less than 8

[plexorab]

I am trying to connect to an old Oracle 8i database (an attempt to unload the data from this ancient beast) and receives this error message:

Ping error server compile time caps length less than 8

When looking into the code for tcp_protocol_nego.go i find these lines:

if result.ServerCompileTimeCaps == nil || len(result.ServerCompileTimeCaps) < 8 {
return nil, errors.New("server compile time caps length less than 8")
}

What is ServerCompileTimeCaps ?

[sijms]

sorry oracle before version 9 is not tested so not supported